Points Up or Down?

[Ranchman]

Up ^ But for steak knives, which go down... Other knives never see the dishwasher - they get done by hand.

 

[Lefty]

I just spoke with cook. He will check with the scullery person and advise me.

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Okay....Cook says the scullery maid always washes them with the business

ends out and places them in the drying racks pointy side down for sanitary

and safety purposes. due to economic setbacks we can no longer justify

the expense of a full time dishwasher.

 

[GL]

eating surfaces down! safety first!

When I'm visiting some people, I get yelled at for putting the points up. You'll cut someone's finger off. When I'm visiting others, I get yelled at for putting points down. They don't get clean that way.

So at home I just eat with my hands.

well that explains the splotch of gravy that's been on your chin since last week.

 

[kevbo]

What is this thing called a "dishwasher?"

 

[thisisinteresting]

Both. Some up, some down. It's a means of avoiding nesting of the utensils which can prevent proper cleaning and rinsing.

Genius.

I've never been lucky enough to have one except the last place I lived with my parents at when I was like 17. I didn't do dishes much though.

 

[Willie Boy]

All knives and forks go into the dishwasher pointing down. And I don't have that issue of the utensils not getting cleaned properly from being placed in the dw that way. With my Type A personality, you know if I obsess over whether not they're pointing down and placed counter-clockwise, I also give my utensils a brief scrub-down in the sink before letting them run in the dishwater.
Yes, I use an OBSCENE amount of water, month after month.

But mainly I'm like Knucklehead, I mostly use paper plates, plastic forks, spoons and knives so it all balances itself out in the end.

Except for killing the Earth with your excess waste! Think about all that trash going into landfills!

 

[jizzeater]

I don't use dishwasher, but I let them dry in a tray inside. Points are always up. You cannot tell what's lurking on the bottom.

Yup. I don't always run the washer. A lot of times I just let the dishes air dry in the machine after I hand wash and rinse them.

I'm paranoid about germs or mold from the silverware tray getting on my eating surfaces, so I put them pointing up.

 

[hotdog1846]

Ordinarily, I'd put them in with the business ends pointing down. That way I don't have to handle the dirty ends with my hands, and they won't poke anyone.

But, my current dishwasher has a flatware bin capped by little slotted racks so each utensil is held apart from the others. It makes for more thorough cleaning and eliminates spotting. You can even do silver in it and it turns out great.

So, I'm naturally a points-down man, but -- due to circumstances -- I'm going against my nature and doing points-up.

 

[borntxn]

Wow, I'm surprised by the responses. Everyone is talking about safety... I'm thinking about cleanliness! I always load them eating surface down so that after the wash when you're unloading the dish washer, you grab the HANDLE and not the part that'll be going in your mouth. I would hope friends of mine whose utensils I use when over to dinner do it this way.

My college roommates would load them eating surface up, and that bugged the crap out of me.

 

[Kirbster66]

It truly is amazing how many people can't load a dishwasher properly.

*sigh*

So why don't you enlighten us as to the "proper" method instead of just sighing over it?

If you want thoroughly clean utensils, eating surface should be up in a standard silverware basket.

 

[LoveIsNow]

I don't use my dishwasher to save on energy. Washing dishes just isn't that big of a job, so I don't really need a machine for it.

 

[frankfrank]

I don't have a dishwasher, but in my drying rack I point the knives downward, and the forks and spoons upward...

 

[mbamike]

Up except for knives.

 

[jizzeater]

I never have a problem with stabbing myself with a knife or fork, nor with grabbing something in the middle, below the eating surface. I keep my hands washed (almost too much) so that isn't a problem AFAIC.

 

[Shepherd 2]

I like my cock to point up, that way it is ready for insertion.

Shep+

Dishes, no dishwasher but me. I say, "Go Green!"

 

[Yooper]

Thanks guys for participating!

The results are interesting; almost split 50-50!

I will quit harassing my other half about this. Nearly half the JUBbers can't be wrong.

But the results indicate I'm STILL right!

 

[G-Lexington]

Forks and spoons up (presumably so they'll get cleaner), knives down (so I don't stab myself getting them out of the dishwasher).

Lex

 

[morgaes]

All down. That way I don't have to handle the dirty part of the cutlery when I put it in the dishwasher. Also, it removes the risk of me stabbing myself on the forks or knives when I'm loading stuff behind the cutlery thing.